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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81501216), and Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation (1608085MH165). This work was also supported in part by the National Basic Research Program of China grants from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2013CB945404 and 2010CB529601).
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Zhang, W., Song, X., Ni, F. et al. Association analysis between HFM1 variations and idiopathic azoospermia or severe oligozoospermia in Chinese Men. Sci. China Life Sci. 60, 315–318 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-016-0274-9
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